Russ Kolarik, MD
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| Send email to: Russ Kolarik, MD (Gerneral Internal Medicine, General Academic Pediatrics) Assistant Professor of Medicine |
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| Dr. Kolarik is Assistant Professor in the Divisions of General Internal Medicine and General Academic Pediatrics. He received his BA from the University of Notre Dame in English and Pre-professional Studies and his MD from the Medical College of Ohio. He completed his post-graduate training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center and is board-certified in both specialties. In 2001, he completed a fellowship in General Internal Medicine and Bioethics and is completing his thesis project for the MA in Bioethics. His research interests include advance care planning, physician-patient communication, and the use of narrative and literature in medical education. He serves on the Ethics Committee and participates in the Ethics Consultation Service. He is the Co-Director of the Area of Concentration in Medical Humanities at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine where he teaches courses in Literature and Medicine to medical students and is faculty sponsor of the Literature and Medicine Discussion Group. He has published poetry in DoubleTake magazine and has contributed to the Journal of Medical Humanities, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Palliative Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association. | |
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Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3405
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